Faith Explorations
Listening to the Spirit
Today's Sermon focus The Holy Spirit is here guiding you. Are you listening?When I was in high school, I went to Hamburg Germany for three weeks as an exchange student. While we went with classmates and a teacher, we lived with families, went to school, and lived the...
Conformity Does Not Equal Unity
Today's Sermon focus God calls us to unity that is deeper than conformity. We are called to be unified with diversity! In high school, I decided to try out for the Drill Team. They were so cool, doing these intricate and precise routines where everyone was perfectly...
Shape of Christ
Today's Sermon focus We are shaped by Christ in our bodies, our relationships, and our worldBack in the day, I sometimes watched Mystery Science Theater 3000. Remember this show? This show was comprised of two robots and a guy in silhouette making fun of B movies or...
Love Is Specific
I met the sweetest, young couple on the plane to Atlanta. I don’t normally strike up conversations on the plane, because this is sacred time to be without phone service, internet, or screen time. I just read or sleep and it’s wonderful! However, I did get to talking...
Live in Love with Christ
Today's Sermon focus We live in the flow of love with Christ when we share that love and complete the circuit of God's love in the worldOccasionally there are folks who find their way to the doors of Celebration who need help. They may need gas money, food, or...
Opening the Cage Door
Today's Sermon focus The gift of Easter is the clicking open of the cage. The journey out can still be unsettling. Who loves doing new things? How about learning new things? What’s a new thing you just learned to do? Remember in your mind’s eye, what it was like when...
Hope of Palm Sunday
Today's Sermon focus Are we the people we are waiting for?Why were the people so excited to celebrate Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem? After three years of ministry of healing, forgiveness, inclusion, and community building, I imagine people had fallen in love with Jesus....
Main Character Syndrome?
Today's Sermon focus What if you're not the main character?Do you remember the movie Sunset Boulevard? The movie centers around a woman who was obsessed with her previous fame as a silent movie actress who was going to make a triumphant return to Hollywood, but it was...
Avoiding the Outrage Machine
Today's Sermon focus What are we to do in the face of an outrageously unjust world?Here’s a true story from this week for you. True story, I couldn’t think of a good story to help this scripture make sense. That’s my story. Sorry, but true. And this is indeed too bad,...
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